Me: [name]Natalie[/name] [name]Lucille[/name] “[name]Alie[/name]”
Hubby: [name]Channing[/name] [name]Matthew[/name] [name]Tatum[/name]
We date for 4 years before we get married. On [name]June[/name] 19th, we get married. We are very excited. The wedding is large and the reception; crazy. We take a 2 week long vacation to Thailand.
We have always wanted to adopt and have kids of our own. We end up having a total of 5 pregnancies and 3 adoptions.
A month after we get back from our honeymoon, I become sick and the doctor tells me that I am pregnant. At a routine check-up with the doctor, we find out that we are having twins! Identical boys! We name our first boy [name]Matthew[/name] [name]Aaron[/name]. His brother is called [name]Austen[/name] [name]Michael[/name]. We call [name]Matthew[/name], [name]Matt[/name]. The boys have blonde hair and blue eyes.
2 years later, [name]Channing[/name] has been in 3 new movies, and we are loving our role as new parents. We want to have a little girl to spoil too, so we try again. We try over and over, but we can’t get pregnant, so we turn to both adoption and fertility. We start filing the paperwork and a week after it is finalized, we learn we are pregnant! With Quints! Also on the way is a little girl from South Korea. Her mother is 6 months pregnant and the adoption agency has chosen us to be her parents once she is 2 weeks. We later name our adopted daughter, [name]Gemma[/name] [name]Bailee[/name]. [name]Emmy[/name] has brown hair and dark brown eyes. We leave the genders of the quints surprise until the end and we later learn that there are 2 boys and 3 girls! Our oldest biological daughter is named [name]Kennidy[/name] [name]Paige[/name]. Next comes a boy, 3 lb 2 ounce, [name]Kamden[/name] [name]Bryce[/name] is born. A few minutes later the second boy arrives and we name him [name]Kolten[/name] [name]Nile[/name]. Our last 2 daughters are very weak. As soon as they come out they are not shown to us like the others. We love them all just the same though and name them [name]Khloe[/name] [name]Aria[/name] and [name]Keeley[/name] [name]Josephine[/name]. A few hours after the birth, we are notified that [name]Keeley[/name] and [name]Khloe[/name] are attached at the side. Their legs and hips and torsos are attached and they both only have one arm. At 2 months of age they are successfully divided and fitted for another arm.
A year later, the big boys are 3, and [name]Emmy[/name] is almost 2 and the babies are 1. We decide to adopt again, but from another country. We travel to [name]Africa[/name] and adopt brother and sister set from Ethiopia. We rename them [name]Jack[/name] [name]Willem[/name] and [name]Genevieve[/name] [name]Willow[/name]. We nickname [name]Genevieve[/name], [name]Eve[/name]. [name]Jack[/name] is 2 when we bring him home, while his sister is only 11 months old.
We now have 10 kids. Wow! We still want more. We end up pregnant with triplets! All boys! We name the brown haired and bright blue eyed boys, [name]Aidan[/name] [name]Gus[/name], [name]Noah[/name] [name]Emmett[/name], and [name]Colin[/name] [name]Wyatt[/name]. They are absolutely adorable.
Our family is ever growing and we decide to adopt again. [name]Matt[/name] and [name]Austen[/name] are 6, [name]Jack[/name] is 5, [name]Emmy[/name] is almost 5, the Quints are 4, and [name]Eve[/name] is 4. We go for [name]Italy[/name] this time. We adopt a 8 year old girl, who was beaten and raped until age 7, when her mother walked in on her and her uncle. She was crying and screaming and her mother couldn’t handle her brother doing that to her only daughter, so she left her daughter at the local hospital and moved to the U.S. We bring home little [name]Gianna[/name] [name]Kate[/name], a week before her birthday. We buy her a huge cake and have a big party for her with all of our family.
We decide to not adopt anymore and focus on our biological family. We have a surprising pregnancy! Only one in there! We name our little girl [name]Amelia[/name] [name]Tess[/name]. We call her [name]Mia[/name].
A year later we find out that we are pregnant yet again. [name]Gia[/name] [name]Kate[/name] is now 10, [name]Matt[/name] and [name]Austen[/name] are now 8, [name]Jack[/name] is 7, [name]Emmy[/name] is almost 7, the Quints are 6, [name]Eve[/name] is 6, and [name]Mia[/name] is 2. We go to a routine check up and find out that we are expecting quads! 3 girls and a boy! We name them [name]Ava[/name] [name]Brookelynn[/name], [name]Brilee[/name] [name]Claire[/name], [name]Cassidy[/name] [name]Delilah[/name], and [name]Dalton[/name] [name]Adam[/name]. ([name]Brilee[/name] pronounced Br-EYE-[name]Lee[/name])
We later adopt pets. A hamster and a rabbit. We name our male hamster [name]Ryan[/name] and our female rabbit [name]Isla[/name].
Our family is complete!
[name]Alie[/name] and [name]Channing[/name] with, [name]Gia[/name] [name]Kate[/name] (10), [name]Matt[/name] & [name]Austen[/name] (8), [name]Jack[/name] (7), [name]Emmy[/name] (6.5), [name]Kennidy[/name]/[name]Kamden[/name]/[name]Kolten[/name]/[name]Khloe[/name] & [name]Keeley[/name] (6), [name]Eve[/name] (6), [name]Mia[/name] (2), and [name]Ava[/name] [name]Brooke[/name]/[name]Bri[/name] [name]Claire[/name]/[name]Cassie[/name] [name]Lilah[/name] & [name]Dalton[/name] (NB) and [name]Ryan[/name] and [name]Isla[/name].